Clarkmeister
07-17-2003, 12:08 PM
On the Tony Kornheiser show today, Peter Gammons said he detested Pete Rose for running into Ray Fosse in the famous All-Star game incident.
The other week, I heard a radio host commenting that it was improper for a player (I don't remember the exact game) to run over the catcher in a regular season game when his team was up 10-1.
Last I checked, no one made these catchers try to stop the players from scoring. According to the logic critics of those trying to score, the catcher shouldn't try to stop them from scoring since it "doesn't matter", right?
I just find it a joke that some people would find it wrong to try and play to win. If the catchers don't think it matters, they can feel free to move out of the way of the plate, or the outfielder can just not bother throwing home. Until then, however, its disgusting that people would try and pile on someone who is trying to score when that is the object of the game and the other team thinks it "matters" enough to try and stop them.
BTW, is anyone else sick of the media fawning over this Willis kid from Florida. Peter was also ripping Dusty for not pitching him. I've had just about enough talk about this kid. He's a rookie, he's lucky he got named to the team, Dusty needed to keep someone in reserve in case it went extra innings. Its called paying your dues, anyone remember that concept in this day of instant gratification?
The other week, I heard a radio host commenting that it was improper for a player (I don't remember the exact game) to run over the catcher in a regular season game when his team was up 10-1.
Last I checked, no one made these catchers try to stop the players from scoring. According to the logic critics of those trying to score, the catcher shouldn't try to stop them from scoring since it "doesn't matter", right?
I just find it a joke that some people would find it wrong to try and play to win. If the catchers don't think it matters, they can feel free to move out of the way of the plate, or the outfielder can just not bother throwing home. Until then, however, its disgusting that people would try and pile on someone who is trying to score when that is the object of the game and the other team thinks it "matters" enough to try and stop them.
BTW, is anyone else sick of the media fawning over this Willis kid from Florida. Peter was also ripping Dusty for not pitching him. I've had just about enough talk about this kid. He's a rookie, he's lucky he got named to the team, Dusty needed to keep someone in reserve in case it went extra innings. Its called paying your dues, anyone remember that concept in this day of instant gratification?